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Spragueia apicalis

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Spragueia apicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spragueia
Species:
S. apicalis
Binomial name
Spragueia apicalis
Synonyms
  • Emmelia apicalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Mnesipyrga trichostrota Meyrick, 1913
  • Fruva accepta H. Edwards, 1881
  • Agrophila truncatula Zeller, 1873
  • Heliocontia obliquella Strand, 1912

Spragueia apicalis, the yellow spragueia, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is also found in North America (including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas), Central America (including El Salvador[1] and Costa Rica),[2] Cuba[3] and Peru.

The wingspan is about 16 mm for females and 17 mm for males. Adults are sexually dimorphic.[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Gutierrezia sarothrae.

References

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  1. ^ "931391.00 – 9131 – Spragueia apicalis – Yellow Spragueia Moth – (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Spragueia apicalis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Noctuidae of North America


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